The Central Bank of Germany tested the settlement of securities using DLT
The Central Bank of Germany announced the successful testing of settlements for securities transactions with Deutsche Börse, which used distributed ledger technology (DLT). According to a statement from the German Federal Bank, the Central Bank has successfully completed testing of settlements for securities transactions using DLT and the real-time gross settlement system TARGET2. An atomic transaction was made, meaning that the Central Bank payment and securities were simultaneously exchanged in a delivery versus payment transaction.…